Heavy components like the engine block and front suspension mowed down spectators. The back half burst into flames and the fire quickly spread to body panels made of lightweight (300 SLR stood for ...

The 300 SLR is a thoroughbred ... tail break loose even when slamming the throttle down in a low gear with the front wheels locked over. If one of the wheels hits a wet spot during hard ...

The 300 SLR was just as dominant in the WSC as its ... with an independent double-wishbone suspension system in the front and a complex swing-axle setup at the rear. The brakes used drums on ...

That would be Stirling Moss’s drive in 1955 in the Mercedes 300 SLR ... the front axle; these measures promoted more effective weight distribution and improved aerodynamics. The SLR was also ...

The body for this 300 SLR is finished in lightweight double-skinned ... There's double wishbones up front with coil springs and adjustable dampers, and a double link setup at the rear.

The 300 SLR came with the space-frame chassis of the ... the drum brakes ended up mounted inboard both front and rear. The W196 won at the Mille Miglia in Italy, with Stirling Moss behind the ...

The 300 SLR ‘Uhlenhaut’, as it’s colloquially ... capitalising on the 300SL’s underlying design with a sleeker front end and its iconic offset bonnet bulge. The proceeds of the sale ...

The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Coupe, best known as the Uhlenhaut Coupe after the man responsible for bringing it into existence, has all three. Long after its creation, it would also serve as the ...

Though the direct-injected inline-6 didn’t have the 300 SLR race car’s desmodromic valves ... than you think You’d think the 300 SL’s front and rear drum brakes would be ill-equipped ...

It was a speedster version of the car, lacking a windshield, just like the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR that Sir Stirling ... because the car is gorgeous. The front end looks impossibly low, and ...